FEATURE
Andrew Brinded, Vice President and
Sales Chief Operating Officer, Nutanix
that tools such as VPNs and encrypted
networks are available.
Choice. Some firms will be
understandably concerned about
potentially being locked into a single
dominant provider than can then have
too much control over customer options.
However, the intense competition and
price cutting among the biggest providers
mean that companies that build out
using a multi-cloud model will retain the
openness they cherish.
Testing. Many companies will still need
to be able to test new and reworked
processes during and after the crisis.
Cloud platforms provide the testbeds to
enable this, without high cost penalties or
risks being incurred.
Hiring. When the economy bounces
back, hiring will again become a critical
battleground and companies that aren’t
heavy cloud users will become less
attractive to younger candidates especially.
As I outlined at the outset, there’s no
such thing as an overnight hit in IT but
look out for cloud-related opportunities
for both short-term benefits and for future
strategic importance. Cloud is already big,
but it’s about to get bigger. ◊
CLOUD IS
ALREADY BIG,
BUT IT’S ABOUT
TO GET BIGGER.
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